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Z -- SITE RESTORATION, ADMIRALITY VILLAGE HOUSING, PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, KITTERY, ME SOL N62472-97-B-0308 DUE 092298 POC Michelle Donnelly, Contract Specialist, 610-595-0633. This is a Modification to update the following to the Commerce Business Daily Issue of July 28, 1998 PSA #2152 (SYN#0438 19980728 Z-0124.SOL): The first Notice should have read: This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice instead of This is a Procurement Notice. This is now a Procurement Notice. The Small Business Size Standard should have read $17 million in lieu of $7 million. The estimated issue date for bid packages is 21 August 1998 and the estimated bid opening date is 22 September 1998 at 2:00 pm. Bidders/Offerors interested in obtaining plans and specification for this project, must send in their request on company letterhead stating if you are bidding as a prime contractor or sub-contractor/supplier, your complete address, telephone number and fax number along with a Company check, Cashier's check or Money Order in the amount of $66.00 (THIS CHARGE IS NON REFUNDABLE) to: DEFENSE AUTOMATED PRINTING OFFICE, BUILDING 4/D, ATTN ROY BOWSER, 700 ROBBINS AVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA 19111-5094. Each check must be made payable to the U.S. TREASURY and annotated with the applicable solicitation number. Two sets of plans and specifications will be sent via First Class Mail upon availability to those contractors who have tendered payment. If a contract number is not annotated as requires or your check is not made payable to the U.S. TREASURY, your check will be returned unprocessed. NO CREDIT CARDS OR PERSONAL CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL PROPER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. If you would like information on the mailing of the solicitation package via expedited courier service, please contact: MR ROY BOWSER AT (215) 697-6257. GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The work includes the removal of concrete and asphalt paving, play structures and surfaces, the provision of site furnishings, mail box shelater, gazebo, wood guide rails, site lighting, concrete and asphalt paving, granite curbing, brick masonry, play equipment, turf, and plant materials, and incidental related work. Estimated cost range is$1,000,000 -- $2,500,000. The SIC code is 1542 and the Small Business Size Standard of $17 million are applicable to this contract. The proposed contract (solicitation) will be issued as unrestricted and is subject to the evaluation criteria set forth in DFAR 252.219-7008 -- Notice of Evaluation Preference for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns -- Construction Acquisitions -- Test Program (APR 1996). (Per The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR) has been amended to require all contractors to register in the Department of Defense (DOD) Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database. Be advised for solicitation issued after May 31, 1998, failure to registered in the CCR makes an offeror ineligible for award of DOD contracts. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing our web site at http:/www.efdnorth.navfac.navy.mil or by referring to DFAR Subpart 204.73. Bidders/Offerors should submit vertification of their's firm's registration in the DOD CCR Database with their Bid or Proposal. If you need additional information, please contact Ms. Sheila Brown at (610) 595-0639). For technical questions concerning the subject notice, please faxed to Ms. Michelle Donnelly at (610) 595-0644. Posted 07/29/98 (I-SN229814). (0210)

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